Monday, March 28, 2016Upon adjournment of Session

State Capitol, Room 3162

CONSENT AGENDABill Referrals1. Consent Bill Referrals Page 2

2. Bill Re-referrals Page 5

Resolutions3. ACR 154 (Gipson) Relative to National Nutrition Month. (refer/hear) Page 7

4. HR 42 (Roger Hernánd..)Relative to César Chávez. (refer/hear) Page 10

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STATE CAPITOLP.O. BOX 942849

SACRAMENTO, CA 94249-0124(916) 319-2800

FAX (916) 319-2810

AssemblyCalifornia Legislature

Committee on RulesRICHARD S. GORDON

CHAIR

VICE CHAIRLING LING CHANG

MEMBERSWILLIAM P. BROUGH

KEN COOLEYJIMMY GOMEZCHRIS HOLDEN

BRIAN W. JONESKEVIN MULLIN

BILL QUIRKFREDDIE RODRIGUEZ

MARIE WALDRON

PATTY LOPEZ (D-ALT.)JAY OBERNOLTE (R-ALT.)

REFERRAL OF BILLS TO COMMITTEE 03/28/2016 Pursuant to the Assembly Rules, the following bills were referred to committee:

Assembly Bill No. Committee: AB 2564 NAT. RES. AB 2782 HEALTH AB 2782 REV. & TAX. AB 2797 NAT. RES. AB 2797 L. GOV. AB 2877 HUM. S. AB 2878 JUD. AB 2882 JUD. AB 2883 INS. AB 2884 INS. AB 2885 INS. AB 2886 INS. AB 2887 INS. AB 2888 AGRI. AB 2889 HEALTH AB 2890 E.S. & T.M. AB 2891 E.S. & T.M. AB 2892 E.S. & T.M. AB 2893 E.S. & T.M. AB 2894 E.S. & T.M. AB 2895 L. & E. AB 2896 L. & E. AB 2897 L. & E. AB 2898 L. & E. AB 2899 L. & E. AB 2900 J., E.D. & E. AB 2901 J., E.D. & E. AB 2902 U. & C. AB 2903 U. & C. AB 2904 A. & A.R. AB 2905 J., E.D. & E. AB 2906 TRANS. AB 2907 B. & F. AB 2908 HIGHER ED. AB 2909 W.,P. & W. AB 2910 L. GOV. AB 2911 E. & R. AB 2912 NAT. RES.

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AB 2913 G.O. AB 2914 G.O. AB 2915 G.O. ACR 149 REV. & TAX. ACR 150 RLS. ACR 154 RLS. HR 42 RLS. HR 43 RLS.

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RE-REFERRAL OF BILLS 03/28/2016 RE-REFERRAL OF BILLS

Assembly Bill No. Committee: **AB 2281 BANKING AND FINANCE *AB 2281 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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california legislature—2015–16 regular session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 154

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson

March 14, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 154—Relative to NationalNutrition Month.

legislative counsel’s digest

ACR 154, as introduced, Gipson. National Nutrition Month.This measure would recognize the month of March 2016 as National

Nutrition Month.Fiscal committee: no.

line 1 WHEREAS, CalFresh is a federally mandated, state-supervised, line 2 and county-operated government program designed to eliminate line 3 hunger in the United States that serves over four million line 4 Californians living in poverty, providing them an important lifeline line 5 by giving them access to food to feed themselves and their families; line 6 and line 7 WHEREAS, It is important to California’s economy to fully line 8 use every possible source of funding for its safety net programs; line 9 and

line 10 WHEREAS, Federal benefit dollars such as those brought in by line 11 CalFresh not only provide critical nutrition assistance to our state’s line 12 neediest residents, but they directly benefit local economies and line 13 jobs; and line 14 WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of line 15 Agriculture, every $1 of additional federal Supplemental Nutrition

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line 1 Assistance Program benefits results in $1.79 of new local economic line 2 activity; and line 3 WHEREAS, All potentially eligible families in California need line 4 to be aware and use nutrition programs to help stay healthy and line 5 stretch food dollars during these difficult economic times; and line 6 WHEREAS, CalFresh benefits help families stretch their food line 7 dollars to buy more healthy foods for the whole family; and line 8 WHEREAS, California grocers are on the front-lines of line 9 providing healthy foods to these communities on a daily basis; and

line 10 WHEREAS, California grocers have remained committed to line 11 the effort of CalFresh along with raising the awareness of the line 12 program within the communities they serve; and line 13 WHEREAS, It is important for grocery stores to promote line 14 wellness by providing consumers with fresh quality products every line 15 day because they understand that communities who eat healthy line 16 are less likely to have to go to the doctor due to preventable line 17 conditions; and line 18 WHEREAS, The partnership between Calfresh and California line 19 grocers remains as strong as ever, particularly in these times of line 20 need; and line 21 WHEREAS, The month of March is National Nutrition Month, line 22 and should serve as an opportunity to recognize that no one diet line 23 is right for everyone, but it is important to maintain wholesome line 24 food choices as part of a healthy lifestyle; now, therefore be it line 25 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate line 26 thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the importance line 27 and value of the CalFresh program in conjunction with California line 28 grocers in feeding families and promoting healthy eating; and be line 29 it further line 30 Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the month of March line 31 2016 as National Nutrition Month, and encourages all Californians line 32 to join the campaign and become concerned about their nutrition line 33 and the nutrition of others in the hope of achieving optimum health line 34 for both today and tomorrow; and be it further line 35 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies line 36 of the resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

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ACR 154

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Date of Hearing: March 28, 2016

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES

Gordon, Chair

ACR 154 (Gipson) – As Introduced March 14, 2016

SUBJECT: National Nutrition Month

SUMMARY: Recognizes the month of March 2016 as National Nutrition Month. Specifically,

this resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1) The month of March is National Nutrition Month, and should serve as an opportunity to

recognize that no one diet is right for everyone, but it is important to maintain wholesome

food choices as part of a healthy lifestyle.

2) CalFresh is a federally mandated, state-supervised, and county-operated government program

designed to eliminate hunger in the United States that serves four million Californians living

in poverty, providing them an important lifeline by giving them access to food to feed

themselves and their families.

3) It is important to California’s economy to fully use every possible source of funding for its

safety net programs; and according to the United States Department of Agriculture, every $1

of additional federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits results in $1.79 of

new local economic activity.

4) California grocers are on the front-lines of providing healthy foods to communities on a daily

basis; and the grocers have remained committed to the effort of CalFresh along with raising

the awareness of the program within the communities they serve.

5) CalFresh benefits help families stretch their food dollars to buy more healthy foods for the

whole family. The partnership between CalFresh and California grocers remains as strong as

ever, particularly in these times of need.

FISCAL EFFECT: None

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

None on file

Opposition

None on file

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california legislature—2015–16 regular session

House Resolution No. 42

Introduced by Assembly Member Roger Hernández

March 10, 2016

House Resolution No. 42—Relative to César Chávez.

line 1 WHEREAS, César Estrada Chávez recognized that for many line 2 people, spanning many generations and many ethnicities, the path line 3 to a better life frequently begins in the fields. For many line 4 farmworkers, the American Dream means a life of self-sacrifice, line 5 hard work, and perseverance; and line 6 WHEREAS, César Chávez experienced the hardships and line 7 injustices of farmworker life firsthand. He was born on March 31, line 8 1927, in the North Gila River Valley in Arizona, on the small line 9 family farm his grandfather homesteaded. César Chávez’s father

line 10 lost the farm during the Great Depression, forcing the family to line 11 join some 30,000 farmworkers who followed the crops throughout line 12 California and lived in tents and makeshift housing that often line 13 lacked a bathroom, electricity, or running water; and line 14 WHEREAS, César Chávez understood the value of education line 15 as a path to a better life because he quit school after completing line 16 the 8th grade to work full time, helping to support his family in line 17 the fields. Later in life, César Chávez became self-educated through line 18 his passion for reading; and line 19 WHEREAS, Although later a pacifist, in 1946, César Chávez line 20 enrolled and served his country in the United States Navy. He was line 21 honorably discharged whereupon he married Helen Fabela and line 22 eventually settled in the East San Jose barrio nicknamed “Sal Si line 23 Puedes” (“Get Out if You Can”) to raise a family that eventually line 24 numbered eight children; and

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line 1 WHEREAS, In San Jose, César Chávez was introduced to the line 2 social teachings of the Catholic Church and trained in peaceful line 3 community organizing strategies and tactics. César Chávez and line 4 Fred Ross, an organizer for the Community Service Organization line 5 (CSO), established CSO chapters across California and Arizona line 6 during the 1950s, helping Latinos register to vote, pushing for line 7 basic public services and infrastructure in the barrios, peacefully line 8 battling police brutality and racial discrimination, and creating the line 9 most effective Latino civil rights group of its era; and

line 10 WHEREAS, In 1962, after failing to convince the CSO to let line 11 him organize farmworkers, César Chávez resigned from the only line 12 decent paying job he ever held and moved his wife and eight line 13 children to Delano, California. There, with $1,200 in life savings line 14 that was soon gone, César Chávez, his family, and close friends line 15 began building the National Farm Workers Association, which line 16 later became the United Farm Workers of America (UFW); and line 17 WHEREAS, In 1965, in a partnership with a union of Filipino line 18 American farmworkers, César Chávez organized a major strike line 19 against grape growers in California. The following year, César line 20 Chávez led an unprecedented 340-mile march, from Delano to line 21 Sacramento, that placed the farmworkers’ plight before the line 22 conscience of the American people. Supporters carried slogans line 23 with the words “HUELGA” (strike) and “VIVA LA CAUSA” line 24 (long live our cause), advocating for improved compensation and line 25 labor conditions. Later efforts resulted in the enactment of line 26 California’s historic Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, the line 27 first and still the only law in the nation to “encourage and protect” line 28 the right of farmworkers to organize and bargain with their line 29 employers; and line 30 WHEREAS, Through countless strikes, boycotts, marches, and line 31 fasts that produced many victories and some defeats, César Chávez, line 32 who even considered vegetarianism an integral part of living line 33 nonviolently, never stopped his peaceful battles on behalf of the line 34 farmworkers with whom he shared his life. His dedication to his line 35 work earned him the respect of some of our greatest political and line 36 civil rights leaders, including Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther line 37 King, Jr., and Jesse Jackson. César Chávez’s motto in life, “Sí Se line 38 Puede!” or “Yes We Can!” has served as an inspiration not only line 39 for Latinos, but for working Americans of all walks of life; and

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line 1 WHEREAS, In 1993, César Chávez died peacefully in his sleep line 2 in San Luis, Arizona. Forty thousand people marched behind his line 3 plain pine casket during funeral services in Delano to honor this line 4 man. They came to affirm César Chávez’s words from his landmark line 5 1984 address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco: “Once line 6 social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate line 7 the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the line 8 person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are line 9 not afraid anymore”; and

line 10 WHEREAS, Although César Chávez was uncomfortable with line 11 personal recognition in life, since his passing Chávez has been line 12 honored in hundreds of communities. César Chávez was awarded line 13 “El Aguila Azteca” (the Aztec Eagle), Mexico’s highest award line 14 presented to people of Mexican heritage. In 1994, President Bill line 15 Clinton posthumously presented César Chávez with America’s line 16 highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2006, line 17 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger inducted César line 18 Chávez into the first class of the California Hall of Fame. In 2011, line 19 the United States Navy announced naming the latest Lewis and line 20 Clark-class cargo ship being built in San Diego the USNS César line 21 Chávez; and line 22 WHEREAS, Since César Chávez’s passing, the UFW has line 23 continued his work through organizing farmworkers and campaigns line 24 to enact laws and regulations to bring dignity and protections to line 25 farmworkers. Meanwhile, the César Chávez Foundation continues line 26 improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of farmworkers and line 27 other low-wage working families through 30 high-quality line 28 affordable housing communities it has built or renovated and line 29 manages in four states, a network of nine popular educational line 30 Spanish-language radio stations in three states, after-school tutoring line 31 for disadvantaged students in two states, and the National Chávez line 32 Center, including a visitor center, memorial gardens, and line 33 educational center on 187 acres in the Tehachapi Mountains where line 34 César Chávez lived and worked, and is buried; and line 35 WHEREAS, César Chávez successfully increased public line 36 awareness of farmworker working conditions. To many line 37 Californians the farmworkers’ struggles are an issue from the past, line 38 a belief reflected by the fact that farmworker suffering typically line 39 takes place in remote areas far from cities, thereby rendering line 40 farmworkers invisible to our society. The fruits and vegetables

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line 1 that we enjoy in our daily lives are produced by farmworkers who line 2 often endure long hours of backbreaking work and still face line 3 challenges such as inadequate enforcement of pesticide, safety, line 4 and labor protection laws in the fields; and line 5 WHEREAS, Farmworkers still dream of providing a better life line 6 for their children, but the reality of having to move from crop to line 7 crop makes this dream hard to achieve. Economic forces and the line 8 rising cost of living have pushed farmworkers further into poverty; line 9 and

line 10 WHEREAS, In 2000, the Legislature passed and Governor Gray line 11 Davis signed into law Senate Bill 984 (Chapter 213 of the Statutes line 12 of 2000) to create the first annual state holiday in the country on line 13 César Chávez’s birthday, March 31. Under that law, the State line 14 Board of Education also created a statewide curriculum on Chávez line 15 and encourages schools across the state to engage teachers and line 16 students in service learning projects as a way of honoring the line 17 legendary farm labor and civil rights leader; now, therefore, be it line 18 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the line 19 Assembly calls upon all Californians to observe César Chávez’s line 20 birthday, March 31, as a day of public service; and be it further line 21 Resolved, That the Assembly calls upon all Californians to line 22 recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go line 23 through to feed all the families in our state; and be it further line 24 Resolved, That the Assembly calls upon all Californians to learn line 25 from César Chávez’s life and his mission of nonviolence, social line 26 justice, and selfless service to others; and be it further line 27 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies line 28 of this resolution to the Chávez family, particularly César Chávez’s line 29 widow, Helen Chávez, the United Farm Workers of America, the line 30 César Chávez Foundation, and the author for appropriate line 31 distribution.

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HR 42

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Date of Hearing: March 28, 2016

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES

Gordon, Chair

HR 42 (Roger Hernández) – As Introduced March 10, 2016

SUBJECT: César Chávez

SUMMARY: Recognizes March 31, as the anniversary of the birth of César Chávez, and calls

upon all Californians to recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through

to feed all the families in our state and to learn from César Chávez's life and his mission of

nonviolence, social justice, and selfless service to others. Specifically, this resolution makes the

following legislative findings:

1) On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in the North Gila River Valley in

Arizona on a small family farm his grandfather homesteaded.

2) As a farmworker, César Chávez experienced firsthand the injustice of working long hours

with little pay. Under those conditions, Mr. Chávez began a long career in which he worked

to improve the working and living conditions for farmworkers preaching nonviolence and

fasting to call attention to the immigrant workers' cause.

3) Through countless strikes, boycotts, marches, and fasts that produced many victories and

some defeats, César Chávez, who even considered vegetarianism an integral part of living

nonviolently, never stopped his peaceful battles on behalf of the farmworkers with whom he

shared his life.

4) César Chávez dedication to his work earned him the respect of some of our greatest political

and civil rights leaders, including Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jesse

Jackson. César Chávez's motto in life, "Si Se Puede!" or "Yes We Can!" has served as an

inspiration not only for Latinos, but for working Americans of all walks of life.

5) In 2000, the Legislature enacted SB 984 (Chapter 213, Statutes of 2000) to create an annual

state holiday on César Chávez's birthday, March 31; and, as provided in the bill, the State

Board of Education adopted a model curriculum on the life and work of César Chávez which

includes topics on pesticides, immigration, and agriculture's role in the economy.

FISCAL EFFECT: None

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

None on file

Opposition

None on file

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Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800

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